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Yogi Bear is an anthropomorphic animal character who has appeared in numerous comic books, animated television shows and films. He made his debut in 1958 as a supporting character in The Huckleberry Hound Show.

This article is about the character. For the 2010 film of this name, see Yogi Bear (film). For the original show and all other works featuring the character, see Yogi Bear (disambiguation).
"Jellystone" redirects here. For the animated HBO Max series of the same name, see Jellystone!
Not to be confused with Yogi Berra.

Yogi Bear
The Yogi Bear Show character
First appearance"Yogi Bear's Big Break" (The Huckleberry Hound Show, 1958)
Created byWilliam Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Ed Benedict
Portrayed byDick DeBartolo (To Tell the Truth)[1][2]
Voiced byDaws Butler (1958–1988)
Gilbert Mack (Quick Draw McGraw and Huckleberry Hound LP (1959), Yogi Bear Introduces Loopy De Loop/Let's Have a Song, Yogi Bear! LP (1960))[3]
Jack Mercer (Movie Wheels Present Huckleberry Hound and Yogi Bear (1960))[4]
Sascha Burland (Howl Along with Huckleberry Hound (1960))[5]
Frank Milano (Casanova Yogi Bear and Cutie Cindy Bear, Songs of the Cave Set (1960), Songs of Yogi Bear and his Pals LP (1961), A Hap-Hap-Happy Christmas from Yogi Bear (1961), How to Be a Better-Than-the Average Child Without Really Trying! (1962), Hey There, It's Yogi Bear! LP (1964))[6][7]
James Darren (singing voice in Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!)
Bill Lee (singing voice in Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!)
Allan Melvin (Yogi Bear and Boo Boo Tell Stories Of Little Red Riding Hood and Jack and the Beanstalk LP (1965))[7]
Chuck McCann (Wake Up, America! LP (1965))[8]
Rich Little (Canada's Wonderland live shows, Hanna-Barbera Land live shows, Hanna-Barbera Fun!, Looking for a Home, Ice Capades)[9][10][11][12][13][14][15]
Keith Scott (Pauls commercial, Hanna-Barbera Gala Celebrity Nite)[16][17]
Mel Blanc (1983; Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (animated segments))[18]
Hal Smith (1984; Strong Kids, Safe Kids)[19]
Greg Burson (1988–2003)
Jeff Bergman (1992–present)[20][21]
Billy West (1990s and 2000s Cartoon Network commercials, 2005 Boomerang promotion)
Stephen Worth (Boo Boo Runs Wild, Boo Boo and the Man)
Maurice LaMarche (Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law)[22]
Erik Richter (Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law)[22]
Dave Fouquette (The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy)
Seth MacFarlane (Family Guy)[23]
Dan Milano (Robot Chicken)[24]
Scott Innes (At Picnic-Honey Lesson)
Dan Aykroyd (film, Yogi Bear: The Video Game)
Kevin Shinick (Mad)[25]
Lewis MacLeod (Müller commercial)[26][27]
Seth Green (Robot Chicken)[24]
In-universe information
SpeciesBrown bear
GenderMale
Significant otherCindy Bear (girlfriend/acquaintance)
RelativesBoo-Boo (best friend)
Ranger Smith (rival/friend)

Yogi Bear was the first breakout character in animated television; he was created by Hanna-Barbera and was eventually more popular than ostensible star Huckleberry Hound.[28] In January 1961, he was given his own show, The Yogi Bear Show, sponsored by Kellogg's, which included the segments Snagglepuss and Yakky Doodle.[29] Hokey Wolf replaced his segment on The Huckleberry Hound Show.[30] A musical animated feature film, Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!, was released in 1964.

Yogi was one of the several Hanna-Barbera characters to have a collar. This allowed animators to keep his body relatively static, redrawing only his head in each frame when he spoke – one of the ways Hanna-Barbera cut costs, reducing the number of drawings needed for a seven-minute cartoon from around 14,000 to around 2,000.[31]


Personality


Yogi sign advising young National Park visitors not to feed the bears (1961)
Yogi sign advising young National Park visitors not to feed the bears (1961)

Like many Hanna-Barbera characters, Yogi's personality and mannerisms were based on a popular celebrity of the time. Art Carney's Ed Norton character on The Honeymooners was said to be Yogi's inspiration;[32][33] his voice mannerisms broadly mimic Carney as Norton.[34] Carney, in turn, received influence from the Borscht Belt and comedians of vaudeville.[33]

Yogi's name was similar to that of contemporary baseball star Yogi Berra, who was known for his amusing quotes, such as "half the lies they tell about me aren't true." Berra sued Hanna-Barbera for defamation, but their management claimed the similarity was just coincidence. Berra withdrew his suit, but the defense was considered implausible.[35] At the time Yogi Bear first hit TV screens, Yogi Berra was a household name.[36] Journalist Walter Brasch once wrote that "whether coincidence or not, it is difficult to find anyone else in the [animation] industry who believes it."[36]

The plot of most of Yogi's cartoons centered on his antics in the fictional Jellystone Park, a variant of the real Yellowstone National Park. Yogi, accompanied by his constant companion Boo-Boo Bear, would often try to steal picnic baskets from campers in the park, much to the displeasure of Park Ranger Smith.[37] Yogi's girlfriend, Cindy Bear, sometimes appeared and usually disapproved of Yogi's antics.


Catchphrases


Besides often speaking in rhyme, Yogi Bear had a number of catchphrases, including his famous chant of excitement and greeting ("Hey, Hey, Hey"), his pet name for picnic baskets ("pic-a-nic baskets"), and his favorite self-promotion ("I'm smarter than the av-er-age bear!"),[38] although he often overestimates his own cleverness. Another characteristic of Yogi was his deep and silly voice. He often greets the ranger with a cordial, "Hello, Mr. Ranger, sir!" and "Hey there, Boo Boo!" as his preferred greeting to his sidekick, Boo Boo. Yogi would also often use puns in his speech and had a habit of pronouncing large words with a long vocal flourish.


Voice actors


Daws Butler originated the character's voice.
Daws Butler originated the character's voice.

From the time of the character's debut until 1988, Yogi was voiced by voice actor Daws Butler. Butler died in 1988; his last performance as Yogi was in the television film Yogi and the Invasion of the Space Bears.

In 1983, a Yogi Bear balloon made its first appearance in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, becoming the final balloon that year. That same year, he appeared on a float named A Hanna-Barbera Christmas alongside many other Hanna-Barbera characters, as they cleaned up the streets of Broadway. The performance was bookended with animated segments featuring Yogi and Boo-Boo, voiced by Mel Blanc and Butler, respectively.[18]

After Butler's death in 1988, Greg Burson stepped in to perform the role; Butler had taught Burson personally how to voice Yogi as well as his other characters. Worsening alcoholism and a legal incident led to Burson's firing in 2004 and eventually his death in 2008.[39]

Yogi's current voice actor is Jeff Bergman. Bergman and Billy West also performed the character throughout the 1990s and early to mid-2000s for various Cartoon Network and Boomerang commercials and bumpers.

Australian voice actor, animation historian and impressionist Keith Scott provided Yogi's voice in a Pauls commercial and the live show Hanna-Barbera Gala Celebrity Night at the Wonderland Sydney amusement park in Australia, where Yogi and other Hanna-Barbera characters including Huckleberry Hound, Scooby-Doo, George Jetson, Fred Flintstone, Barney Rubble, Wilma Flintstone and Betty Rubble make guest appearances.[16][17]

In the 2010 Yogi Bear film, the character is voiced by actor Dan Aykroyd.

In a Müller commercial in 2011 titled "Wünderful Stuff", Lewis MacLeod performed the voice of Yogi.[26][27]

In the animated stop motion sketch comedy show Robot Chicken, Dan Milano and Seth Green (creator of the show) voiced Yogi Bear.[40][24]

Scott Innes performed the voice of Yogi, along with Boo-Boo, in At Picnic, Forest, and Honey Lesson.


Media



Television series


Series number Title Broadcast run Original channel Total # episodes Total # seasons
1 The Huckleberry Hound Show 1958–1960 Syndication 35 episodes 2
2 The Yogi Bear Show 1961–1962 33 episodes
3 Yogi Bear & Friends[lower-alpha 1] 1967–1968 96 episodes
4 Yogi's Gang 1973–1975 ABC 15 episodes 1
5 Yogi's Space Race[lower-alpha 2] 1978–1979 NBC 13 episodes
6 Galaxy Goof-Ups[lower-alpha 3]
7 Yogi's Treasure Hunt 1985–1988 Syndication 27 episodes 3
8 The New Yogi Bear Show[lower-alpha 4] 1988–1989 45 episodes 1
9 Yo Yogi! 1991 NBC 13 episodes
10 Jellystone![41] 2021–present HBO Max 40 episodes 2
Notes:
  1. A syndicated animated series that aired between 1967 and 1968
  2. This show had Yogi Bear paired up with Scare Bear opposite of Huckleberry Hound being paired up with Quack-Up the Duck.
  3. This show had Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Scare Bear, and Quack-Up working as bumbling intergalactic police officers.
  4. A half-hour weekday animated series which aired in first-run syndication

Other appearances


Animated films and specials



Educational films



Video games



Albums



Live action/animated feature film


A live-action/computer-animated film titled Yogi Bear was released by Warner Bros. in December 2010. The movie featured Dan Aykroyd as the voice of Yogi Bear. The film, adapting the television series, follows the adventures of Yogi Bear and his pal Boo-Boo in Jellystone Park, as they team up with Ranger Smith to save Jellystone Park from being shut down and logged.


Songs


"Yogi" by The Ivy Three (1960), sung in a voice mimicking Yogi Bear. The song reached no. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Entertainer Ray Wilde sung a song that became viral for it's rude lyrics about Yogi Bear


Spümcø Ranger Smith and Boo Boo shorts


In 1999, animator John Kricfalusi's Spümcø company created and directed two Yogi cartoons, A Day in the Life of Ranger Smith and Boo Boo Runs Wild. Both shorts aired that year on the Cartoon Network as part of a Yogi Bear marathon.

In 2002, Spümcø created another Boo Boo cartoon, Boo Boo and the Man, which was made with Macromedia Flash and released on Cartoon Network's website.

A music video (known as a "Cartoon Groovie") for Yogi Bear used to air on Cartoon Network and Boomerang. It showcases clips of Yogi and Boo Boo stealing picnic baskets and annoying Ranger Smith.


Broadcasts


Yogi Bear aired on Cartoon Network from 1992 to 2004 and its sister channel, Boomerang until 2014. Additionally, Nickelodeon re-aired The Yogi Bear Show, Yogi's Gang, and Galaxy Goof-Ups under the umbrella title "Nickelodeon's Most Wanted: Yogi Bear" throughout the early 1990s. In the UK it aired on Cartoon Network from 1993 to 2001, CN TOO from 2006 to 2010 and Boomerang from 2000 to 2002.

In the Hanna-Barbera Personal Favorites video, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera picked their favorite Yogi Bear episodes, including the very first one, "Yogi Bear's Big Break", and Yogi's meeting some storybook friends: The Three Little Pigs, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Little Red Riding Hood.


Comics


Over the years, several publishers have released Yogi Bear comic books.

The Yogi Bear comic strip began February 5, 1961.[46] Created by Gene Hazelton and distributed by the McNaught Syndicate, it ran from 1961 to 1988.

Hanna-Barbera has also produced giveaway instructional Yogi Bear comics on first aid (Creative First Aid: Yogi's Bear Facts (1986)) and earthquake preparedness (Yogi, the Be-Prepared Bear: Earthquake Preparedness for Children (1984) and Yogi's Bear Facts: Earthquake Preparedness (1988)). These were issued in connection with Yogi Bear being used as the mascot for Earthquake Preparedness Month in California, an annual campaign that ran each April for over ten years and also utilized Yogi in earthquake preparedness posters, advertisements, a cartoon, and other promotions including a special "Quakey Shakey Van" exhibit.[47][48]


Home media


On November 15, 2005, Warner Home Video released the complete series on DVD.

DVD name Ep # Release date Additional information
The Yogi Bear Show – The Complete Series 33 November 15, 2005
  • Collectible animation cel
  • Original episode with bridges and bumpers
  • Never-before-seen animation sketches come to life
  • Yogi gets global: One episode in a variety of languages
  • Featurette on the art of Hanna-Barbera sound

Licensing



See also



References


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На других языках

- [en] Yogi Bear

[es] Oso Yogui

El Oso Yogui (Yogi Bear en idioma inglés) es un personaje ficticio de dibujos animados. Es un oso antropomorfo y parlante, creado por los estudios de animación de Hanna-Barbera. Nació como un personaje de quiebre de Hanna-Barbera y apareció por primera vez en un capítulo de la serie El Show de Huckleberry Hound, en 1958, emitido por la cadena estadounidense NBC. En enero de 1961 se creó su propia serie, El show del Oso Yogui, y en 1964 se filmó su primera película, Hey There, It's Yogi Bear.

[fr] Yogi l'ours

Yogi l'ours (Yogi Bear) est un personnage de fiction apparu pour la première fois en 1958 dans la série télévisée d'animation homonyme produite par Hanna-Barbera. Une seconde série de 45 épisodes sera réalisée en 1988, ainsi qu'un long métrage en image de synthèse en 2010

[it] Orso Yoghi

L'Orso Yoghi (Yogi Bear) è un personaggio immaginario dei cartoni animati creato dallo studio di produzione Hanna-Barbera e protagonista di una serie televisiva animata prodotta dagli anni 1960 agli anni 1990[1], oltre che di due lungometraggi, Yogi, Cindy e Bubu e L'orso Yoghi, del 2011[2].

[ru] Мишка Йоги

Ми́шка Йо́ги (англ. Yogi Bear) — персонаж мультипликационных фильмов студии «Hanna-Barbera», антропоморфный медведь. Впервые появился в 1958 году[1] как второстепенный персонаж мультсериала про пса Геккельберри Хаунда, однако ввиду большой популярности уже в январе 1961 года стал главным героем собственного мультсериала, «Шоу Мишки Йоги»[2]. В мультфильмах его на протяжении 30 лет (до 1988 года) озвучивал актёр Доуз Батлер. По отрицаемой создателями персонажа версии, его имя стало искажением имени популярного американского бейсболиста Йоги Берра[3].


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